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Trophy hunting ISN’T the way to save species
24 May 2022 – Lord Ashcroft’s article in The Daily Mail
Boris promised he’d ban the import of sickening hunting trophies.
06 December 2021 – Lord Ashcroft writes for The Daily Mail.
Into The Wild
15 May 2021 – Lord Ashcroft’s podcast interview with The Sandton Times
Drawing a Lion in the Sand
10 May 2021 – Lord Ashcroft talks to Carte Blanche
If Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds don’t now help
09 May 2021 – Lord Ashcroft writes for the Mail on Sunday.
Success for campaign against captive lion breeding in South Africa
02 May 2021 – Statement from South African Government
It’s time for Norway to halt the barbaric slaughter
ConservativeHome.com article on Norway’s whaling industry, published on 01 April 2021.
The Future of South Africa’s Commercial Lion Breeding Industry
03 March 2021 – Lord Ashcroft takes part in Virtual Panel Discussion
High Level Panel Presentation
07 October 2020 – Presentation by Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC
Watch Lord Ashcroft on ‘The Conversation’, CNBC Africa
08 September 2020 – Lord Ashcroft’s interview on CNBC Africa.
Listen to Lord Ashcroft on the John Maytham Show, CapeTalk Radio
01 September 2020 – Lord Ashcroft talks to John Maytham about the atrocities of Lion Farming, detailed in Unfair Game.
Bones of contention
30 August 2020 – Article by Simon Parry for Post Magazine, South China Morning Post, about Unfair Game.
Cycle of cruelty
24 August 2020 – Article about Unfair Game by J. Nozipo Maraire, Zimbabwean, neurosurgeon, entrepreneur and writer for The Witness, South Africa.
Canned Lion Hunting – not a sport for civilised people!
10 August 2020 – Aviation, Travel & Conservation News from Africa & the Indian Ocean island for Brussels Airlines.
#WORLDLIONDAY: HEART & SOUL – AUTHORS & CONSERVATIONISTS
09 August 2020 – Lord Ashcroft’s blog for the Captured in Africa Foundation.
Harrowing exposé of lion abattoirs reads like a crime thriller
30 July 2020 – article written by Lesley Stones for Business Day.
Selina MacKenzie in conversation with Lord Ashcroft
27 July 2020 – Talk Radio Europe’s Selina MacKenzie chats to Lord Ashcroft about Unfair Game.
Bruce Whitfield talks to Lord Ashcroft about Unfair Game
20 July – Lord Ashcroft discusses his new book on 702’s The Money Show.
Unfair Game released in South Africa
15 July 2020 – You May Have Heard about Lion Farming in South Africa – now you can read the truth.
Lion cubs to bones – Africa Geographic interview with Lord Ashcroft
8 July 2020 – Team Africa Geographic interview Lord Ashcroft about Unfair Game.
Kevin O’Sullivan, of talkRADIO, interviews Lord Ashcroft about Unfair Game
05 July 2020 – Lord Ashcroft talks about the barbaric lion farming industry in an exclusive interview with talkRADIO.
Jeremy Maggs, of eNCA SA, speaks exclusively to Lord Ashcroft
29 June 2020 – Jeremy Maggs, senior journalist for South Africa’s eNCA, talks to Lord Ashcroft about the horrors of lion farming.
SA’s captive-breeding shame aired in harrowing UK exposé
28 June 2020 – South Africa’s The Weekend Post, Herald Live article about Unfair Game.
The disturbing truth about South Africa’s captive-bred lion industry
22 June 2020 – Lord Ashcroft’s interview with Canadian Geographic about the shocking revelations in Unfair Game.
Slaughter Of The Captive Lions Bred To Die In Agony
Daily Express serialisation of Unfair Game, published on 20 June 2020.
Good Morning Britain interview with Lord Ashcroft
17 June 2020 – Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid talk to Lord Ashcroft about Unfair Game.
Biteback Chats Books interview with Lord Ashcroft
16 June 2020 – Lord Ashcroft talks to Biteback Chats Books about Unfair Game.
Iain Dale in conversation with Lord Ashcroft
15 June 2020 – LBC’s Iain Dale chats to Lord Ashcroft about his latest book, Unfair Game.
The horrific truth about big cats bred for conservation
15 June 2020 – James Glancy talks exclusively to Lord Ashcroft about his new book, on the Mail+ Planet SOS.
China’s wildlife trade still threatens us all
15 June 2020 – Lord Ashcroft in The Daily Telegraph on how Chinese wildlife markets are a serious global health risk.
Cricket legend, Kevin Pietersen, on wildlife conservation
15 June 2020 – Lord Ashcroft talks to Kevin Pietersen, the former England cricket captain turned conservationist.
Unfair Game – the film
14 June 2020 – Unfair Game, the undercover exposé
Mail on Sunday serialisation of Unfair Game
14 June 2020 – Mail on Sunday serialisation
Exposing the most barbaric industry on earth
14 June 2020 – Mail on Sunday serialisation of Lord Ashcroft’s new book, Unfair Game.
Police condone slaughter of nation’s most famous symbol
14 June 2020 – Mail on Sunday serialisation of Lord Ashcroft’s new book, Unfair Game.
Tourists love petting tours
14 June 2020 – Mail on Sunday serialisation of Lord Ashcroft’s new book, Unfair Game.
Barbarous trade in bones from captive lions sparks risk of new pandemic
14 June 2020 – The Mail on Sunday takes a closer look at the bone trade and the catastrophic health risks it poses.
UNFAIR GAME: An exposé of South Africa’s captive-bred lion industry
This powerful exposé features the shocking results of a new undercover operation Lord Ashcroft has carried out into South Africa’s lion business.
Rich, liberal and barbaric
Why will Norway defy international outrage and embark on the brutal slaughter of hundreds of majestic minke whales?
Britain needs a total ban on hunting trophies
The evil taking place in South Africa’s lion industry has shocked me profoundly.
Simba’s Sanctuary
Having been rescued by my undercover investigative team, Simba is now in his safe, spacious and permanent home.
Rhino Rehab follow up
In December last year, I travelled to a secret location in South Africa to report on a unique project involving PTSD-suffering military veterans and orphaned baby rhinos. Here is my follow up report.
The Times Letter to the Editor
Lord Ashcroft’s letter to the Editor of The Times, calling for a ban on the importation of lion parts from canned hunts.
Simba goes wild!
Joyous first photo of big cat rescued from farm raising lions for slaughter as Joanna Lumley, Sir David Jason and Liam Gallagher join fight against sick trade
Lord Ashcroft speaks about the atrocities of Lion Farming
Interview with Iain Dale of LBC about “Lion Farming”.
Exposed: Horror of Lion Farms
Mail on Sunday Front Page – 28 April 2019
Exposed: Farms where lions are bred to be slaughtered
Butchered…for bones. Hunted …for trophies. And the Britons revelling in sickening trade.
Posing for the camera, City worker who paid £3,000 to shoot Simba with a dart
…but, for once, the story has a happy ending as undercover team rescue him.
Grotesque green hunt
So called hunter aims tranquiliser gun at lion from about 20 yards away.
54 lions killed at farm in 2 days
Horrified animal inspector reveals carnage she found in slaughterhouse.
Hybrid cats defy nature in lust for profit
Many cubs will be born with terrible defects.
Why won’t Britain ban import of lion trophies?
BRITAIN has failed to slap an import ban on lion skins – despite public outcry and the demands of campaigners.
Save the King of the Jungle before it’s too late.
28 April 2019 – Article for Mail on Sunday
Daring mission to rescue drone
The dramatic moment when my year-long undercover investigation was almost blown.
Exclusive film showing the horrors of “Lion Farming” in South Africa
WARNING: This film contains images that some viewers may find distressing
Exclusive film of an illegal “green hunt” of a “canned” lion in South Africa
This film, in which the lion was twice shot with a tranquiliser dart for “sport”, was obtained for Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC by an undercover investigative team that he used to obtain evidence of the full horrors of “lion farming”. This vile practice involves thousands of Africa’s most iconic animals being killed either for the bone trade or as hunting trophies.
The barbaric reality of Lion farming in pictures
WARNING: This news item contains graphic images that some people will find distressing.
Rhino Rehab
Can wounded UK veterans and orphaned baby rhinos really help each other heal?
Safeguarding Whales
In conjunction with the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Caribbean Whale Friends, Lord Ashcroft and the Ashcroft Foundation sponsored a television advertising campaign in the Caribbean to help protect whales.